“No man, the proverb says, will hesitate
To gather firewood from a fallen tree.”

—  Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Canto XXXVII, stanza 106 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Com'è in proverbio, ognun corre a far legna All'arbore che 'l vento in terra getta.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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